Film critic Alejandro A. Riera speaks with Rodrigo García, director of ‘Raymond & Ray’ featuring Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke, which premiered in select theaters last Friday and is streaming on Apple TV+. García also happens to be the son of the late literary icon, Gabriel García Márquez, and his legendary wife, Mercedes Barcha.
MANO speaks with the filmmakers behind the Brazil-based documentary, ‘The Territory,’ about filming with the Amazon’s Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau tribe, government assaults on land and Indigenous rights, and hopes — or the lack there of — for the looming presidential election.
Venezuelan brothers Manuel and Félix Lara, who together form the musical group Lara Project, just released their single “Control” in anticipation of their third album. They recently spoke with MANO’s music columnist, Sandra Treviño.
In his most recent album, Tinta & Tiempo, Uruguayan singer/producer/composer Jorge Drexler waxes poetic about love, artistic originality, Leonard Cohen, our genetic material, and so much more.
MANO’s music editor Sandra Treviño sits down with Peruvian-American writer and poet Suzi F. Garcia for a discussion on reconnecting with her roots, her work, and her recent guest editorship for Poetry Magazine.
‘Anti-Colonial Vol. 2’ is the latest artistic attestation by the (mostly) Dominican-born, Chicago-based hardcore band, La Armada. The band’s all-powerful rock sounds, along with the unique storytelling artwork that accompanies the record, make this a must-have.
Their new album ‘Ambrosia’ marks the native zacatecano musicians’ entry into English-language music charts with the band’s charming, post-punk attitude featuring poetic vocals that altogether summon retro rock vibes.
The music of Nancy Sánchez, who was born in Toluca, Mexico but immigrated to California when she was three, reflects both sides of her culture in a style she’s coined “regional alternativo.”
